Rent-seeking describes profit-seeking through the manipulation of the regulatory or legal apparatus rather than by competing with others in the marketplace. Cronyism is a common form of rent-seeking, ...

Over the past decade, mass tort litigation involving de minimis levels of impurities has skyrocketed. One need only turn on the evening news to see advertisements for litigation related to allegedly ...

Christina Majaski writes and edits finance, credit cards, and travel content. She has 14+ years of experience with print and digital publications. Rent seeking, a concept introduced by economist ...

The White House plans to pressure the nation's colleges and universities on Tuesday to improve their handling of campus sexual assaults, with new federal education efforts for students and ...

In a pointed new filing with the FCC, the National Association of Broadcasters accused the musicFIRST Coalition and Future of Music Coalition of engaging in “copy-paste advocacy” and “rent-seeking” to ...

An ex parte filing from the NAB in response to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative has taken aim at two groups representing the recorded music industry, accusing them for ...